DATE OF LAUNCH: 1951 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: December 3, 1987, Pacific Ocean, off the Columbia River DATE LOCATED: not located SHIP DETAILS: Vacationland was an automobile ferry that operated in Michigan's Straits of Mackinac between Mackinaw City and St. Ignace from 1952 to 1957, when the Mackinac Bridge was completed. Vacationland was built … Continue reading Vacationland
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USS Conestoga
DATE OF LAUNCH: 1904 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: March 26, 1921, off Southeast Farallon Island, Pacific Ocean DATE LOCATED: 2009 SHIP DETAILS: The tug was built for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway as the Conestoga in 1904 by Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland. She was purchased on September 14, 1917 for World War … Continue reading USS Conestoga
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